Abstract:
Currently, road accidents are the leading causes of injury and death worldwide and have grown to be a major global issue. The high cost of traffic accidents each year has made them a critical issue in Bangladesh and around the world. Allowing its citizens to perish in traffic accidents is completely unacceptable and terrible. But it light of this unavoidable circumstance, careful investigation is needed.
National Highway N5 is the area under investigation in this thesis. This highway connected the three divisions of Dhaka, Rajshahi and Rangpur. N5 highway highways are connecting the city Dhaka with Banglabandha on the Bangladesh-India border. The major focus of the thesis to explore the N5 highway road accident models, which cover both road safety and accident prevention in general, as well as the effects of using a specific model as the basis for actual preventative action. This paper focuses on a few particular parameters a) Road accident incidence rate b) Collision type c) Yearly variation of accident rate d) Accidents in different weather and surface condition e) Road accident factor. The data in the form of accident reports were collected from the yearly, monthly and dailyaccident research institute (ARI), (BUET). This information, which includes the accident's location and specifics for the time period of (2011-2015). According to statistics, 13% of total fatal accident occurs in highway. In most accident about 81% fatal, 13% are grievous, 4% are simple, and 2% are collision in N5 highways. A total number of fatal accidents have a negative effect on Bangladesh’s national GDP. The N5 highway's alternatives for improving road safety are discussed in this essay.
